Art
I do not have a problem with the companies doing as little as can on the RAF side and as much as possible on the civilian side. They after all are there to make money. My problem is with the MOD who allowed the Government to put this on the RAF.
If the MOD wont hire the good but expensive lawyers, then they will get shafted every time.
As a serviceman I wanted the kit to do the job and have built in development. I know, that the Request would have started out as an Aircraft more than capable of doing the jobs I described in my previous post. But when the operators are told what they can and can't do by Bean Counters who have no idea of what is required, then it makes my blood boil.
That change to the RAF was one of the reasons that I left and nothing I've seen since the day I left has changed my mind.